Occoquan Fishing Report
The fish are biting and they are big.
Fishing reports from the Occoquan River and Reservoir are streaming in and the fish are biting. Some online reports have even shown fish up to six pounds being caught in the river near Bull Run. “It’s a remarkable season—one of the best in years,” said Charlie Taylor, a 73-year-old avid fisher and fishing blogger. “It (the reservoir) has better fishing than it has since the late 80s.” While largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel and flathead catfish, northern pike, and yellow perch are all plentiful in the river and reservoir, the blue catfish and northern snakehead fish are more plentiful than ever, said John Odenkirk, a biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and “the largemouth bass population has also …
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